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Narrated AbuUmamah: The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: If anyone loves for Allah's sake, hates for Allah's sake, gives for Allah's sake and withholds for Allah's sake, he will have perfect faith. [Hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud, Book No. 40: Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah), Hadith No. 4664]

Farid Wajdi of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU) is now officially a PhD student of Islamic Development Management Programme at the School of Social Sciences. He registered as a postgraduate student on 11 June 2008 after being accepted to pursue his PhD study on Law, Administration and Implementation of Halal Logo in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia . Farid will be working with ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh and ISDEV Management Committee Member Dr Zakaria Bahari. Pic: Farid Wajdi at ISDEV after registering as a PhD student .

The visitors in a discussion with ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh On 18 June 2008, three lecturers from the Department of Islamic Studies, University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan paid a courtesy visit to ISDEV. They were Dr Saad Siddiqui, Dr Muhammad Hammad Lakhvi and Dr Imtiaz Ahmad. Dr Saad Siddiqui, who is specialising in Research Methodology in Hadith, has been accepted as ISDEV Post-Doctoral Fellow and will be at ISDEV for a year beginning from October 2008 until October 2009. He will be the second ISDEV Post-Doctoral Fellow from Pakistan. The first was Dr Muhammad Abdullah from Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan who had joined ISDEV in March this year. The visit by Dr Saad Siddiqui and his friends to ISDEV was made in conjunction with an international social sciences and humanities graduate conference held in Universiti Sains Malaysia. From left to right: Lokman, Professor Syukri, Dr Saad Siddiqui, Dr Muhammad Hammad, Dr Muhammad Abdullah, Dr Im...

ISDEV Monthly Graduate Supervision for July 2008 will be held on 18 July 2008 (Friday) at 10.30 am at ISDEV, immediately after PhD Proposal Presentation by Mohd Salleh Abdullah. Attendance of all graduate students supervised by ISDEV members is compulsory. Others are also welcome.

ISDEV Research Associate Mohd Salleh Abdullah will be presenting his PhD proposal on 18 July 2008 (Friday) at 9 am at ISDEV. The title of his research is The Management of Waqf Development in Penang: A Case Study of Delivery System of Benefits to Maukuf Alaih . He is working with ISDEV Director Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh and ISDEV Management Committee Member Dr Zakaria Bahari. All are cordially invited.

Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command is, "Be", and it is! [Yaa Siin, 36:82]

Due to unavoidable circumstances, ISDEV Study Series on the Methodology of Hadith for Beginners by Dr Muhammad Abdullah will be postponed to TUESDAY 1 JULY 2008 at 3 pm at ISDEV, instead of 24 June 2008 as previously scheduled. The title of this fourth Series is Introduction to Hadith Literatures . Many apologies from ISDEV Study Series Secretariat for any inconveniences that may arise from this postponement.